π Dr Riley Elliott - Shark Update Sept 24 - The Chat
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How did the listeners raise enough money to buy two sharks?
So a while back, you, our listeners, and us organized to buy a shark. It turns out we raised so much money through Give-A-Little that we have raised enough money to buy two sharks.
Yes, we overshot the mark not once, but actually we overshot the mark twice. $4,300 to tag a shark. We raised the funds. That was about a month ago. A lot of people have been hounding me. Where are we at on the sharks? Well, just yesterday, the funds were deposited into my account, or the second half of the funds, which was worrying. What happened to the first half of the funds? Well, that's what I had to figure out yesterday afternoon. But I managed to track all of the funds down from the various accounts that they had been scattered to.
Well, hold on. It went straight into your sly grogging account, though. Literally called sly grogging
account on the, yeah. Yeah.
What is the cost to tag a shark and how was the money allocated?
And then last night, I am pleased to report that a transfer was made from the sly grogging account to the Sustainable Ocean Society on behalf of you, the Hauraki listener, for the purchase of two sharks. And joining us on the phone this morning from the Sustainable Ocean Society, Dr. Riley Elliott. Good morning, Riley. Thank you very much for your time. Has it come through at your end?
Yes, and I can confirm that. I mean, geez, you had me worried there, and yet I looked last night and I saw it there. But with your story there, the Sly Grog account, I mean, geez, you never know.
Yeah, this was the worry because it came through in two different installments, and the good doctor actually emailed me and was just like, hey, where are we at on this? And I was like, well, I've got part of it now. I want to wait until I've got all of it because otherwise I'm going to screw it up. But then I got the second part there. Man, I'm pleased to hear that it's in your
account. You look so relieved. Yeah. I mean, to be honest, like when you think of what Give a Little usually goes towards, it is quite concerning that they make it so difficult and so drawn out.
Why was the donation money transferred through a βsly groggingβ account?
It feels like something sketchy is going on. I'm not going to lie. I
know. No, because I had to get written permission from Riley. I had to get written permission from Jerry. I don't
know why I
had to get written permission. I don't know either. It seems really weird. I know. And then, I've got to be honest, I was blown away by the... I think everyone was blown away by the amount that we managed to fund. It was $8,800 and something dollars.
It's insane, guys. Honestly, as someone who... Our country funds fisheries for science. It doesn't fund megafauna. And the generosity people give to learn about these sharks, we've tagged 32 so far, which is incredible even on a world scale. So...
Did Dr. Riley Elliott receive the funds for the shark purchase?
If you'd like to add two more to that pool, it just enables us to continue to follow these animals, and it's insane. Your viewers, your listeners, to show that kind of support is just incredible.
So in terms of the process from here, Riley, what are we looking at? Obviously,
you've
got to tag the sharks, but what is the best time of year to tag the sharks?
Yeah, basically, the great whites hang out in the tropics, and they wait until it's warm enough for you to put your speedos on in New Zealand... and then they come back down here after they've been up in aussie for so long harassing them unfortunately um but yeah basically when you can go swimming in new zealand is when i start pricking my ears up for where the great whites are at okay and what is cool is my permit originally started in taronga harbor because that was those summers and we had all those little ones um and i can tag with the permission of doc and iwi all around new zealand basically And the epicenter recently has been Stewart Island because we hadn't heard of many elsewhere. But the cool thing is we can continue this kind of crowd involvement.
If people see sharks like great whites in their backyard, then we get epicenters of them. We can focus targeting and tagging in those areas, not just Stewart Island. But Stewart Island is the go-to spot because it's an aggregation site.
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Chapters
8 chapters
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How did the listeners raise enough money to buy two sharks?
0:00β0:52
2
What is the cost to tag a shark and how was the money allocated?
0:52β1:52
3
Why was the donation money transferred through a βsly groggingβ account?
1:52β2:32
4
Did Dr. Riley Elliott receive the funds for the shark purchase?
2:32β4:10
5
Why was written permission needed from Riley and Jerry to proceed?
4:10β4:59
6
How many sharks have been tagged so far and what does the new funding enable?
4:59β5:50
7
When and where is the optimal season and location to tag great white sharks in Newβ―Zealand?
5:50β6:46
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Should the sharks be named before tagging or after, and how can listeners contribute names?
6:46β7:38
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